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'IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

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i Be it known that I, MATTHEwvBURDICK, of Milton, in the county of Rock, in the Stateof' Wisconsin, V have invented a4 newv and improved Seed-Planter for planting corn, pumpkins, and other seeds and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompnnying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letter of reference representing the same part in each drawing. p i Y i The nature of my invention consists in regulating the quantity of' corn or othen seed to `be planted inthe i l cup, by means of a screw on the outside 'of the machine; in sh constructing a seed-cup for pumpkin-seeds that {at seeds may be taken' from a' hopper and dropped with accuracy; in combining apnmpkin or squash-seed cup and hopper and a. corn-seed cup and hopper, so that-both may be used together at the same time, or only one, at pleasure; `and in dividing the seed in the jaws or points that penetrate the ground, so that theseeds may be scattered in the hill to `give ample room fortheir Afree growth. i

Figure 1 is an elevation of my machine, with parts broken away to show the interior of the hoppers and seed-cups. Figure 2 isthc interior of oncrjaw or point of the pair, with the inclined partitions to separate theseed. t Figure 3 is a top view, the jaws cut through at the bolt thatacts as a pivot to form a. hinge, and

` Figure 4 is a view of a cuplfor fiat seeds, as pumpkin and squash-seeds, and a spring-device to keep the i 'seeds from packing, andto insure the lling the cup. l j

A and A are the logs or principal bars of the machine, to which are attached hoppers B and C, `which are broken away toshow their interior the side covering N of cloth or otherelastic material and at their lower end are attached the jaws or points F and G, having their hinge at b, while attheir upper endarethe handles J i `and J. The seed-cup bar D is hinged to A at a, and has the seed-cup M, which is enlarged or diminished by 'r i moving the bar H by means of the thumbscrew I. The ends of this bar being formed as shown, one end to allow n of its being operated by the screw, and the other to enlarge or close the cup M. The screw e holdsa brush, as is usually employed. The seed-cup bar E for atseed, as Apumpkin or squash-seeds, is hinged to A at c, while L is the cup, a little deeper than the thickness of the seed to be planted. This cup-may be hushed for small or large seeds, as pumpkin-seeds or melon-seeds, or,I separate seed-cup bars may be used by removing the pivot c, and placing another bar in the machine. d is the screw that holds the brush in the usualmanner. The curved spring O, attached to the seed-cup bar E,is caused to vibrate as the har E and spring O aredrawn through the p I mortise in leg A in operating the machine, and serves to move the seed directly over and -into the cup, and,` moreover, prevents the seed from packing in the hopper, to which it is liable, unless `kept in motion as `the machine is operated, although without the spring 0, or its mechanical equivalent, the machine will operate well y if the seed is dry and free from foreign substances. A plate or bar placed over anda little above the cup L, will serve substantiallyr the same purpose as spring O. The space in the jaws F and G is divided by two halt` dinphragms or partitions h and h, in each extending their length, as 'shown in `igs. 2and 3, leaving the spaces z' and z' tapering from their hinge to the point, and thus the seed is deposited in two parcels, at points distant from the-centre, giving the plant more room, to `grow than when the soedis deposited' in one place, as in thej usual manner when machines' are used. I do not confine myself to locatingthe pumpkin-seed `hopper C on the opposite side of the planter from hopper B, as shown in fig. 1, but it may be placed underneath Vthe corn-hopper B, as indicated by dotted lines at P, in iig. 1, in whibh case the sccd-cup-bnr Lis jointed to leg A of the machine, or elsewhere located on the machine, as may be found most convenient. i

One important object in my machine is to drop corn and pumpkin-seed or other rflat seeds at the saine time and with ,thesame movementof the machine; and when pumpkin-seeds are not required to be planted in every row, as, every other, the third -or fourth row, remove pin c, and thc seed-cup harE ceases to operate. By replneing the pin, the planting from hopper C continues, or, a slide over thc cup, to stop planting may be used. Another important Objectis obtained by the diaphragm or partition h and z, by which the seed for a hill is divided and) planted apart, giving more room Vfer-growth. I

i The iilling the cups and dropping the seed into thejnws or points, is lone by moving apartand carrying together the tops ofthe bars Aand A in the usuelmanner. i L

I :im aware that legs with handles and a. hopper similar to mine have been made, mid do not claim them when only one hopperis used; also that a curved seed-bar lmsvbeen used, and I do not claim that device; but,

` What I do claim as my invention, and desire to securelby Letters Potent, is- 4 1.' Thumb-screw I, in combination with pai-t H and-seedlcup bar D, when constructed, connected together, and used substantially a's and forthe purposes described. c

2. Seed-'cup bar E or its equivalent, when'combined with sced-cup bar D, in vthe same planting-machine, so that corn and pumpkin-seed and other Hat seeds, as' squash and melon-seeds, may be planted at one operation, substantially s described. I '3. Spring O or its equivlent, attached to and combined with seed-cup har E, substantially as and for the purposes described. v c K 4. Jaws or points F and G, provided with partitions l1. and i,'for the purpose of`dividing the seed, when used in combination with parts A and A', B and D, endl?, substantially as described. Y

l 5. A general arrangement and combination of logs o1' bars A nnllA, hoppersB andC, seed-cup borsD and E, cov'ering N, andjaws F and Gr, when constructed, connected together, and used sbstantialiy as and for the purposes described.

MATTHEW S. BURDICK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES J. BALCH, ABRAM C. STANNARD. 

